A viral video claimed Russian tanks were using rubber instead of explosive reactive armor. The captured vehicle tells a ...

Weapons developments out of Ukraine come quick and often sudden. Case in point a Ukrainian Leopard 2 that has appeared in the field sporting an outer crust of explosive reactive armor (ERA) bricks ...

Video shows a Russian T-72B3 tank from its Western Military District thundering through the mud with an overhead metal screen, widely termed “cope cage” by Ukrainian troops, with an added layer of ...

This video breaks down why explosive reactive armor is often a bad fit for BMPs, BTRs, and other lightly armored vehicles.

In the 1970s, the Soviet Union developed explosive reactive armor as a way of quickly adding protection to tanks and other heavier armored vehicles. ERA works by, well, exploding. When an incoming ...

It’s clear some Russian troops don’t know how their armor works. Photos that recently circulated online depict Russian Gaz-66 trucks wearing blocks of explosive reactive armor. The armor won’t protect ...

Furthermore, the explosive reactive armor and Trophy active protection system defending Israeli tanks produce explosive flashes of their own when intercepting incoming attacks. See, for example, the ...